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IIT Gandhinagar community celebrated the 9th International Day of Yoga

IIT Gandhinagar community celebrated the 9th International Day of Yoga

Jun 21, 2023 |

STORY CREDITS Writer/Editor: Shivangi Vasudev Bhatt Photo: Media and Communication, IIT Gandhinagar IITGN students, faculty, staff, and their family members participated in sessions on yoga asanas, pranayama, and sahaja yoga and attended a special lecture on yoga The Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) celebrated the ninth International Yoga Day today with a range of activities to promote the practice of yoga and its numerous benefits for physical, mental, and emotional well-being. The Physical Education Section of the Institute began the celebrations by organising a 30-Day Countdown to the 9th International Day of Yoga from May 23 with a series of...

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A Summer of Joy and Hope – IITGN’s two social outreach programmes help disadvantaged children, women, and youth find their hidden potential

A Summer of Joy and Hope – IITGN’s two social outreach programmes help disadvantaged children, women, and youth find their hidden potential

Jun 10, 2023 |

STORY CREDITS Writer/Editor: Shivangi Vasudev Bhatt Photo: Media and Communication, IIT Gandhinagar Nyasa-IITGN hosted a 10-day summer camp for more than 100 children from IITGN construction workers’ colonies and neighbouring villages; NEEV-IITGN organised six Skill Development Summer Courses for 257 rural women and youth from April to June 2023 Spreading light in the lives of hundreds of disadvantaged children, women, and youth, Nyasa and NEEV, the two social outreach programmes of the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) recently conducted some of the most wonderful and useful summer activities to help them find their hidden potential. In the first week of June, Nyasa, an...

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IITGN TO HONE COMMUNICATION AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS OF STUDENTS FROM HUMBLE BACKGROUNDS– KICK-STARTS SECOND EDITION OF THE IITGN-DAKSHANA LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME

IITGN TO HONE COMMUNICATION AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS OF STUDENTS FROM HUMBLE BACKGROUNDS– KICK-STARTS SECOND EDITION OF THE IITGN-DAKSHANA LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME

Jun 7, 2023 |

STORY CREDITS Writer/Editor: Shivangi Vasudev Bhatt Photo: Media and Communication, IIT Gandhinagar About 70 IIT and engineering aspirant students from the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas and other government schools from across the country have come to IITGN for the month-long residential programme With an aim to equip IIT and engineering aspirant students from humble backgrounds with essential skills of communication, leadership, and critical thinking, the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) kick-started the second edition of the “IITGN-Dakshana Leadership Programme” today for about 70 students from the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas and other government schools from 16 Indian states. These have been selected...

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IIT Gandhinagar marches ahead in the NIRF’s India Rankings 2023

IIT Gandhinagar marches ahead in the NIRF’s India Rankings 2023

Jun 5, 2023 | ,

STORY CREDITS Writer/Editor: Shivangi Vasudev Bhatt Photo: Media and Communication, IIT Gandhinagar The Institute broke into the top 20 institutes in the Engineering category by being ranked at the 18th spot and jumped 13 positions from last year to be ranked 24th in the Overall category Advancing its pursuit of academic and research excellence, the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) has showcased extraordinary progress in the India Rankings 2023 announced by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) today. The Institute broke into the top 20 institutes in the Engineering category by being ranked at the 18th spot (from 23rd rank...

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FORMER CRICKETER AND NCA DIRECTOR VVS LAXMAN MET IITGN’S RECIPIENT STUDENTS OF SCHOLARSHIPS SET UP BY HIM– MOTIVATED THEM TO WORK HARD AND FOCUS ON GOALS

FORMER CRICKETER AND NCA DIRECTOR VVS LAXMAN MET IITGN’S RECIPIENT STUDENTS OF SCHOLARSHIPS SET UP BY HIM– MOTIVATED THEM TO WORK HARD AND FOCUS ON GOALS

Jun 2, 2023 | ,

STORY CREDITS Writer/Editor: Shivangi Vasudev Bhatt Photo: Media and Communication, IIT Gandhinagar The cricket legend also listened to the stories of the struggles and journey of these students from humble backgrounds to reach IITGN by clearing one of the world’s toughest entrance exams Ten students of the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) were thrilled to meet former Indian cricketer and National Cricket Academy (NCA) Director VVS Laxman in Ahmedabad on May 31, 2023, wherein he directly interacted with them and listened to the stories of challenges faced by them and their journey to reach IITGN by clearing one of the...

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